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A tiny one I found on the beach. Someone was complaining last time that I didn't have a measuring tape. I still don't, so there's a piece of string for scale.
Another very small one, the first one for scale.
This one, on the other hand, is pretty damn big.
Here it is in my other hand.
I'm 99% sure it's a molar tooth of some herbivore. It's much too big for a cow imho, wrong shape for a horse.
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It's heavy, and I believe It's mostly fossilized(?). I'm not sure how teeth fossilize, it certainly feels more like rock than tooth, except this shiny enamel side. The closest I have found online is a camels tooth, maybe someone can enlighten me. Thanks for watching.
EnIightenment
Ah, a seeker of enlightenment. That appears to be a molar from a large herbivore, maybe too big for a cow. Another fella who is not me but with a little more hands on experience with these types of fossils said the closest he could find online was a camel. I hope I did my part.
EnIightenment
With this said, I do know that cow molars can be pretty large... maybe, or even probably larger than a camel's
RigoryMorty
The rocks on the beach I found it are not from around here, it's all ballast from who knows where. Could be from a large bull I suppose, or something of equal size like a water buffalo maybe?
EnIightenment
Interesting. Are you able to figure out where the rock might have came from?
EnIightenment
*come from
RigoryMorty
I would guess river rocks from maybe southern EU, UK or Russia, where we used to ship timber a long time ago. Large sections of the coast around here look like this, and it's completely different from the granite we usually have.
RigoryMorty
Not really, but I have a photo of what they look like. This is the same beach.